Fast track bill bounces back to Senate
By Cathy Keim Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is alive and well due to political shenanigans to keep it going. When the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) bill was voted down by Democrats hoping to...
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2015 Wicomico County Lincoln Day Dinner in pictures and text
Last night about 120 people enjoyed hearing from both Sheriff Mike Lewis and Congressman Andy Harris, as well as words of wisdom from our sixteenth President. Here he waits his cue to walk into the...
View ArticleSzeliga makes Senate bid official
Beginning a three-day announcement tour in Annapolis yesterday, Delegate Kathy Szeliga made what many considered the worst-kept secret in Maryland politics official: she’s tossing her hat into the ring...
View ArticleA look ahead: 2016 in Maryland
Now that I made my thoughts on the fate of Wicomico County next year known, it’s time to expand the focus to the state as a whole. After the runup to the 2014 campaign and the transition of last year...
View ArticleImpressions on Maryland’s U.S. Senate GOP primary
Over the last couple weeks I have been trying to get a reading on who I would like to be my Senator from the great state of Maryland. (Spoiler alert: Donna Edwards and Chris Van Hollen ain’t going to...
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WaPo poll: one big leader in GOP race
Most of the attention from a Washington Post article and poll released this morning regarding Maryland’s U.S. Senate race went to a pitched battle between two current members of Congress: Donna Edwards...
View ArticleMore impressions about the Maryland U.S. Senate GOP primary
Since the first round did so well and there’s more to write about anyway I think I’ll revise and extend my earlier remarks. I suppose I will begin with the front-runner according to the Washington Post...
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Checking the southern front
Today I went Somerset County way to check out two events, one I had planned for awhile and one I had not until yesterday morning. So at 9:00 this morning I found myself in a restaurant called Peaky’s...
View ArticleThe Primary 2016 postmortem, part 1
I knew Maryland wasn’t a typical conservative state, but I didn’t think that many Republicans would be fooled by Donald Trump’s act. Late last night I wrote down some “gut instinct” predictions for the...
View ArticleThe Primary 2016 postmortem, part 2
Now that I have had a couple of days to gather my thoughts and see other reaction on some of the races, here goes. Beginning at the top: I think the choice of Carly Fiorina by Ted Cruz is relatively...
View ArticleThe cooling-off period
At one time I planned on writing a rebuttal to all the Trump items I put up this week yesterday, but after all the events of the convention I decided it was better to hold off for a week or so and let...
View ArticleThe “poor Kathy” campaign
As a Republican in Maryland, there are two things you have to account for in a statewide race: you have a smaller pool of party regulars in the voting bank when compared to the Democrat in the race and...
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